Good Afternoon AFCA Members:

You may be aware (if you’re not already) of a potential challenge that fire departments and municipalities may be faced with shortly. As part of the Government of Canada’s currently planned second round of retaliatory tariffs against the US, all types of trucks coming into Canada are slated to be included, including fire trucks. This will not only affect completed trucks that are built and assembled in the US, but also all components that are purchased by Canadian builders that are US based (almost all of them).

 The Government of Canada has asked for input and comments regarding the potentially upcoming second round of retaliatory tariffs, and have provided an online form to facilitate this. Here is the link for the form https://forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upmkx9008rx268zhy9l6pj

 Even though these may not come into play, we want to share this information with our AFCA members, as it may be beneficial for fire departments and municipalities to comment and hopefully remove fire related equipment from the list. Here is the link to the entire list of items included in the second round of tariffs  https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/consultations/2025/notice-intent-impose-countermeasures-response-united-states-tariffs-on-canadian-goods.html . Fire apparatus specifically is item 8705.30.00.

CAFC President Ken McMullen was on 880 CHED this morning with host Shaye Ganam. A link to the recording is available on their website at: https://globalnews.ca/radio/880ched/shows/ by scrolling down to the Shaye Ganam Show.

OR if you have a Spotify account: https://megaphone.link/CORU4201115409 

At the 45:45 mark is where Chief McMullen starts discussion around the impact tariffs will have on fire fighting equipment.

In addition CAFC has released the https://cafc.ca/page/Press-Release-Tariff-Response

Hope this helps keep you all informed. Please feel free to listen, read, and respond if you wish to.